Lynda Hallinan

A good meal is made with a great gadget. With an unlimited budget you could drops thousands on the kitchen on your dreams, but sometimes all that is needed is a sharp knife.  Audio

The Ministry of Education has revealed 300,000 searches for pornographic material were blocked on school networks in one month. School sites are blocking material and safeguards are working. Audio

Residents across the country, in some of our tourist areas, are tired of seeing packed camp sites, or over packed camps sites. And now Auckland Mayor Phil Goff wants the Government to fundamentally… Audio

A concerning picture is emerging with our greenhouse gas emissions. They've flat lined over the last 10 years and our households emissions have been steadily increasing bucking world wide trends.  Audio

A concerning picture is emerging with our greenhouse gas emmissions. They've flat lined over the last 10 years and our households emissions have been steadily increasing bucking world wide trends. Our… Audio

What the Panellists Lynda Hallinan and Guy Williams have been thinking. Audio

Is winking still OK or does it leave people out? Ali Ventura looks at why it can be exclusionary. Audio

Does the man cave still have a place in 2019? Audio

We may find them to be a little unsavoury, a throw back to the school yard but water fountains are a cheap and sustainable way to provide water to the public.  Audio

Almost 90 percent of maternity wards in New Zealand have no senior doctors or consultants on site at night, the NZ Herald reports.  Audio

Leaders are often criticised for their accent - Simon Bridges' 'moi', John Key's chewed vowels, Jacinda Ardern's habit of saying her 'T's like 'd's. But in Stuff a British writer says we shouldn't… Audio

If the council gave you a blank wall for street art, what would you paint on it? Audio

It's been announced the council will invest $20 million into the eradication of graffiti. It awarded five separate contracts, which will cover five years. Street artists are up in arms calling it a… Audio

The question around whether the pension age can remain at 65 is often debated, and today we ask Susan St John, Director of The Retirement Policy and Research Centre at Auckland University. Audio

The country may well turn to Sweden for inspiration when it comes to trying to reduce speeding and the road toll. Experts say we should add many more speed cameras and signpost them as a deterrent.  Audio

Today the welfare agency's chief executive Grainne Moss has spoken out saying the video didn't tell the whole truth of the situation. Meanwhile the court action against Newsroom over the story has… Audio

An update of the story we talked about yesterday, Newsroom investigating the attempted uplifting of a newborn baby from its mother by Oranga Tamariki. Today the welfare agency's chief executive… Audio

What the Panellists Chester Borrows and Lynda Hallinan have been thinking. Audio